๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™‘๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ
๐™‹๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ
๐™‰๐™ž๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™– ๐™†๐™–๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™–๐™

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ-๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ
๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฃ๐—

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜†
+๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต-๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฎ (๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ: ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€)

Dear friends,

The evocative world of Past Lives and Distant Voices beckons: a photography exhibition that explores the concept of anemoia โ€”longing for a time one has never experienced firsthand. Through the lens of photographer Nirmala Karuppiah, one journeys through moments that blur the lines between past and present, reality and memory.

Guided by a red thread of emotion, Nirmalaโ€™s photographs weave together disparate places, times, and sentiments, offering glimpses into a collective yearning for the unseen. Feelings of dรฉjร  vu and sehnsucht will arise in the viewer through the exhibition, inviting reflection on their connections to the past and the echoes of histories within their souls.

The immersive power of nostalgia emanates from the haunting beauty of Past Lives and Distant Voices. Where every image shares a story of longing and introspection, inviting you to surrender to the profound sense of familiarity and yearning that lies within us all. This is that poignant journey through the realms of memory and imagination, where the past whispers and distant voices bring us home.

– Foo Chi Wei, exhibition curator